History of Hong Kong Island

Chapter 304
Du Yihua was wearing sportswear and a peaked cap, holding a cue and joking with Huo Guantai.

At this time, three cars drove into the stadium along the road and stopped. Several plainclothes police officers got out of the car first, scattered in all directions, and stood guard beside the stadium.

He Dingxian and Jian Baoning got out of the car one after another, came to the rear of the car together, bent down to take out the ball bag.

Seeing this, Du Yihua quickly smiled and said, "Mr. Huo, the police chief is here."

Huo Guantai nodded, followed in the footsteps of the Director of Shanghai Customs with a smile on his face, and they came to the car and stretched out his hands together: "Sir Jian, Sir He, good afternoon."

He Dingxian handed the ball bag to a caddy, took out a long pole, weighed it in his hand, and looked sideways at Huo Guantai and Du Yihua.The appearance of the two walking side by side looks like old friends, as if they are very familiar, and it doesn't look like there is a festival at all.

Jian Baoning lightly shook hands with Du Yihua, then turned to look at He Dingxian, and introduced with a smile: "He sir, this is Chief Du from the Customs Department, and the Customs Department has the final say on everything that happens on the water in Hong Kong! "

At that time, the Customs Administration of Hong Kong Island was still under the management of the Administration of Industry and Commerce. It was formerly known as the Import and Export Administration Office.Now the Customs Administration has been transferred to the Administration of Industry and Commerce for management. The full name is the Anti-Smuggling Team of the Administration for Industry and Commerce.

Administratively, the current structure of the Customs Administration is lower than that of the Police Force, and the position of the Director of Customs is naturally lower than that of the Police Force.

Du Yihua shook his head quickly: "Don't dare."

"The water area of ​​the police force is responsible for the safety of the waters of Hong Kong Island. The Customs Department is only doing some chores such as temporary inspection and declaration, and anti-smuggling on the water."

He is in a state of complete indifference to the police force, no matter who is the police chief, he has to confess.

Jian Baoning patted him on the shoulder and said with a loud smile, "Hahaha, Du sir is being humble, play ball, play ball."

Several people walked onto the court, and He Dingxian introduced: "Sir Jian, this is Mr. Huo, my business friend, who made his fortune in water business in the early years, and is now starting to develop real estate projects ashore."

"The boss of Xinde Shipping." Jian Baoning said with a smile on his face, "I've heard of Mr. Huo's name a long time ago, and today I saw that he is indeed a young talent, a man of action!"

"Don't dare."

Huo Guantai was wearing a suit, his tone was neither humble nor overbearing, but he was very courteous.

He handed over a business card with both hands, bowed lightly, and said with a smile: "The development of Hong Kong Island cannot be separated from the contribution of the police force. Sir Jian's appointment as the Commissioner of Police is expected by all walks of life. Please give Sir Jian more advice."

"You're welcome."

Jian Baoning accepted the business card with one hand, glanced at it politely, then handed it to his subordinates to put it away, and replied: "I will come to play more often in the future."

"Snapped!"

Jian Baoning held the club with both hands, stood at the hitting point, and made a decisive swing.
The sphere drew a beautiful parabola and rolled out of the ground, less than ten meters away from the entrance of the cave.

"nice shot."

Looking at the place where the ball stops, there is no slope around it, and it is backed to the sun, so the next shot will not be dazzling, and it is indeed a beautiful shot.

An hour later, Huo Guantai returned to the rest area, took off his hat, and wiped his sweat with a towel.

Jian Baoning was very surprised and said: "Huo Sheng, you play really well."

"I prefer sports." Huo Guantai took a bottle of water from the caddy, unscrewed the bottle cap, and said with a smile, "I come to play occasionally, and I'm also a member of the club, but there is still a long way to go in terms of skill level and skill. distance."

"Very good." Jian Baoning nodded approvingly.

Because among the four, only Jian Baoning really knows how to play. He Dingxian and Du Yihua are just pretending to be entertaining.

Under the background of the two rookies, Huo Guantai actually showed a good level, which really suits Jian Baoning's appetite.

"By the way, do you have a ship detained by the customs in Victoria Harbor?" Jian Baoning said: "Du Sir from the Customs Department is sitting next to him, just talk to Du Sir, and the ship can be pulled out."

Du Yihua knew that the meat scene was coming.

He hurriedly said: "Sir Jian, I have already contacted Huo Sheng before, and the ship and cargo can be picked up at any time."

Huo Guantai nodded and said: "Yes, Sir Jian, Sir Du has contacted me before, but Xinde Shipping has been running on water, including the current engineering companies and construction companies, and they need to use air to deliver goods if they want to develop."

"So, this is not just a cargo ship's problem, but I want to know where Sindh Shipping has offended Sir Du?"

Jian Baoning looked at Du Yihua, and Du Yihua was terrified, feeling that something was wrong.You can't tell Sir Jian directly, is it because Sir Mai detained the ship in order to suppress the Chinese?As the Director of Customs, he knew that the Chinese in the police force had gained power, and Jian Baoning was the pro-China faction pushed by the Chinese.

Saying this sentence will greatly offend Sir Jian, and will plant hidden dangers for his future career.

He Dingxian said with a smile: "Of course it's tariffs, brother Tai, so I have to blame you. It's only natural to pay customs duties when shipping goods into Hong Kong. If Du Sir is asked to charge less money, Du Sir will of course be unhappy."

"Azai!"

Lardboy immediately brought a suitcase forward, placed it on a chair and opened it, revealing rolls of Hong Kong dollars.

"70."

He Dingxian took a puff of cigarette and asked aloud, "Du sir, is it enough to pay the tariff?"

Du Yihua looked at a box of Hong Kong dollars and felt that it was very hot. He pretended to be stupid and laughed twice: "Hehe, Sir He is joking. The customs duties are collected by the Hong Kong government, and they are not our customs account."

Huo Guantai said: "He sir, although I didn't pay taxes to the Hong Kong government, I paid money to the police force, and the Customs Department collected the fees from the police force. Then the Customs Department counted as collecting my money, but they checked What about my ship?"

"Sir Jian, that's not how the police do things!"

Jian Baoning frowned, and said in a deep voice: "The police will take care of the matter that has been paid to the police, otherwise the police will not have to collect money. Sir, you are most familiar with the rules of fees. How should things be handled?"

He Dingxian looked at Du Yihua's nervous expression, and said with a smile, "Simple, whoever arrests the boat will stand up and take responsibility."

"Which hand holds the boat, which hand will be chopped off."

Du Yihua's brows twitched, his expression suddenly became very ugly, and he said in a deep voice, "He sir, it's not good."

"It is also the duty of the Customs Administration to suppress smuggling. Occasionally there will be some misunderstandings. It is normal to search for one or two wrong ships. Since the Customs Administration has agreed to release the ship, why bother to embarrass the guys below?"

At the beginning, he worked for Mai Jingtao, to a large extent, because the police force issued customs fees.Now the police force is using the rules as an excuse to punish people from the customs department. After all, the two departments are not under the jurisdiction of each other. Why should the internal cleansing of the police force come to the customs?
His original intention was also to work for the police force!

Sir Jian had a tough attitude, his tone was murderous, and he took the initiative to answer: "Rules are rules. If you can use misunderstandings to cover up, who would take the rules seriously? Detain a ship today, and search for another tomorrow." How can the police collect fees at the docks!"

"Du sir, call and get someone here!"

Du Yihua opened his mouth in disbelief.

Jian sir's attitude is too tough!

Even Huo Guantai was a little distracted, which was unexpected, but on second thought, it was reasonable, because Jian Baoning had just become the Chief of Police, and finally got the cake, so naturally no one was allowed to break the rules.You know, now the fees on the police docks and rivers and lakes have all been handed over to the military faction. Isn't bad rule just smashing his bowl?

Moreover, Sir Jian also wanted to take this opportunity to teach the customs department a lesson. Everyone can make money together, but the customs department must not interfere in the internal affairs of the police force, otherwise, the police force will return it.Mai Sir had no choice but to use the power of the Customs Department, but in fact he has committed a political taboo.

He Dingxian chuckled lightly and said, "Du sir, you are so afraid, you can't possibly arrest the boat yourself, right?"

Du Yihua turned his head to look at him, with a sneer at the corner of his mouth: "He sir, the boat that I personally seized is going to chop off my hand, everyone is working for the Hong Kong government, don't be too bullying."

"uncertain."

He Dingxian said indifferently: "People who don't follow the rules have another choice, that is, they don't pay any fees. If the Customs Administration doesn't collect any money in the future, it's as if this incident never happened. If you still want to collect money , I bullied you, what do you want?"

Du Yihua took a deep breath. As the Director of Customs, representing the interests of the entire Customs Department, it is impossible to give up the power to share fees with the police in vain.If he dared to do this, the people under him would not be reconciled, and there was a high probability that the customs department would change to a director to talk to the police force.

At the beginning, the use of fees to control customs, fire protection and other departments undoubtedly gave the police a special status and absolute dominance among the disciplined forces.

"it is good!"

"I'm going to call!"

Du Yihua held his breath, turned and left.Seeing this, Huo Guantai felt uneasy, and asked in a low voice: "He sir, will something happen?"

"The dog that eats your food, step on it, what can it do?" He Dingxian said in a disdainful tone, "You have to be tough on the ghost, and return it ten times, a hundred times, and the ghost will respect you in the future." .”

"What's more, with Sir Jian at your side, what are you afraid of?"

After smoking a cigarette, Jian Baoning picked up the cue again: "Mr. Huo, come play again?"

Huo Guantai hurriedly followed: "I am willing to accompany you."

After half an hour.

Du Yihua returned to the court with seven customs police officers with bewildered expressions, and said to Sir Jian who was playing: "Sir Jian, everyone has been brought here."

"Mr. Huo, go and meet him." Jian Baoning didn't intend to meet the little guy from the Customs Department after playing a round of golf.Huo Guantai returned to the rest area with the cue, just in time to see He Dingxian pointing at the seven people with the cue and asking, "Huo Sheng, who was the one who buckled your boat?"

Huo Guantai smiled wryly and said, "He sir, I was not on the boat at that time."

"It doesn't matter, just pick anyone you don't like." He Dingxian glanced at the seven ghosts.The ghosts were flustered and looking at each other, looking very funny, while Du Yihua walked out of the rest area to play with Jian Baoning.

Among the seven people is a customs captain, and the remaining six are all customs team captains. Among them, the customs captain is a "supervisory level", equivalent to the chief of the police force, and is responsible for the inspection of a dock.The customs team leader is a senior inspector, the commander of an action team, and has exactly the same rank as the police force.However, due to the small number of customs personnel, senior inspectors go up to assistant supervisors, and then supervisors and senior supervisors.Senior supervision is equivalent to the superintendent level.

"Whatever." Huo Guantai gave a thought-provoking answer, and left the decision to He Dingxian. He Dingxian readily agreed, turned the cue to the captain of the customs and cursed: "What are you looking at? you!"

(End of this chapter)